Shoe-clasp



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GEORGE A. VELD, O F WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-CLASP.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,023, dated May 28;1889.

Application led November 19, 1888. Serial No.291,272. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE A. IVELD, of Vinchester, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shoe-Clasps, of which the following', taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a device that the partswhen united may together form a cheap, easily-working, and durableclasp. This object I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings, in whichm Figure l is a plan of one of my claspscomplete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line x a: of Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a section, in part, taken on line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is aplan of the part that forms the spring-plate; also shows a part of thetongue. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on line z e of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 isa cross-section taken on line ze of Fig. 8. Fig. 7 is a plan of thebase-plate of the clasp as it is made by the blanking-die, and Fig. 8 isthe base-plate of the clasp as it appears when the pivot-holders arefolded back onto the plate.

The attachingplate B, Figs. l4 and 2, is made with openings C C C2 O3,in the usual manner, and adapted to engage with the tongue D.

The main plate A is first cut into the form shown in Fig. 7, it havingears HH H H, as shown. These ears are bent back and folded onto theplate, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 8, so as to form stay-pieces forthe pivots d (see Figs. 3, 4, and 5) for the tongue D.

The plate A is folded on the line fn, n, Fig. 7, so as to inclose thepivots d d of the tongue D, and also embrace the spring-plate E, Fig. 2.It is then made fast by the rivet A2, which passes through holes a ct ofthe plate A and a2 of the spring-plate E. Thus the single rivet a2 holdsthe Whole firmly together.

As the end D of the tongue D extends beyond the pivots d d, (see Fig.4,) it is evident that the act of turning this up to connect or detachthe plate B will cause a deflection of the spring-plate E, and that thereaction of the spring-plate E will have a tendency to hold the tongue Din either position, open or shut.

The main plate A has depressions A3 A8, (see Figs. S and 2,) to makeroom for the ears H H and pivots d d. (See Fig. 3.)

By the device of the folded-back ears H H and the depression A3, I amenabled to secure a rm and compact socket for the pivots CZ d of thetongue D to rest in.

In order to cause the cross-bars K K K of the attaching-plate B to standsomewhat above the levflof the unler side of the plate B, and thusengage in a better relative positionwith the tongue D, I form ribs B Bon the under side. (See Figs. l and 2.) These ribs B B also render thebearing-surface of the plate B on the vamp much better adapted to fiteasily, and not to chafe or Wear the vamp.

I am aware that it is not new to bend the ears at right angles onclasp-plates for the purpose of forming guards to hold the hingepins. Mydevice consists in folding the ears H H back onto the plate and inholding them firmly between the folds of the plate, as shown in Fig. 3.

I claiml. In a shoe-clasp, the combination of the main plate A, havinginwardly-folded ears H H and depressions A3 A3, adapted to be doubledonto itself, with the tongue D, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a shoe-clasp, the attachment-plate B, having depressed ribs B B',adapted to rest upon the sides of the clasppiate A A and to hold thecross-bars K K K above the springplate E, with the spring-plate E andclaspplate A A substantially as described.

GEORGE A. VVELD.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, GEORGE S. LEE.

